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Snapshot of Australia's History (1770-1918)

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  • Lieutenant James Cook claims the East coast for Australia

    Lieutenant James Cook claims the East coast for Australia

  • Banks suggests founding a convict settlement at Botany Bay

  • First Settlement which is today Sydney

    First Settlement which is today Sydney

  • Major areas of Australia Mapped

  • Period: to

    Was a period of exploration, frontier war, and new settlements being built.

  • Period: to

    The Voyages of George Bass and Matthew Flinders

  • Discovery of coal.

  • Matthew Flinders returned to to London

    Matthew Flinders returned to to London

  • Settlements established in Derwent River in Tasmania

  • Foundation of Hobart

  • Settlements at Port Essington and Melville Island

  • Moreton Bay convict colony established

  • Settlement of Brisbane

  • Captain James Stirling exploration of Swan River

    Captain James Stirling exploration of Swan River

  • Australia claimed as British territory

  • First Perth show held

  • Nine ships arrived in South Australia

  • Foundation of Adelaide

  • Accession of Queen Victoria

  • Moreton Bay Settlement closed

  • 18 Afghans were brought out

  • Large Group of German Lutheran Migrants played an important role in opening agriclutural lands

  • Myall Creek Massacre

    Myall Creek Massacre

  • Period: to

    Opium Wars

  • George Grey appointed Governor of South Australia

  • Period: to

    Great Australian Gold Rush, the colonies experienced huge growth and immigration.

  • Black Thursday Bushfires

    Black Thursday Bushfires

  • Gold Rushes in New South Wales and Victoria

  • Victoria broke away from New South Wales and became its own colony

  • The Eureka Rebellion was an armed conflict which is attributed to as the birth of democracy in Australia.

    The Eureka Rebellion was an armed conflict which is attributed to as the birth of democracy in Australia.

  • Imposed tax of 10 pounds on each chinese immagrant

  • Parliament House - Chambers for Legislation Assembly and Upper House built

  • Chinese population in Australia rose from 25000 to 50000

  • Chinese are attacked by 20 Europeans

  • Water supply started coming from the Botany Swamps

  • Period: to

    Considered the 'heyday' of the Bushrangers. It is believed that at their peak over 2000 bushrangers roamed the continent.

  • Uprising against the Chinese in the Burramgong Goldfields

  • Australia's first Mosque built

  • A mob of 3000 drove the Chinese from the Lambing flat

  • Joseph Stuckey brought out 100 camels and 31 cameleers

  • Melbourne Town hall built

  • Period: to

    Working conditions for Australains improved

  • Period: to

    Explorers began their journeys into inland

  • Melbourne was one of the richest cities in the world

  • Melboune International Exhibition

    Melboune International Exhibition

  • Capture of the Ned Kelly Gang

  • The Kimberley gold rush and Silver discovered at Broken Hill

  • Melbourne Cable Tram started

    Melbourne Cable Tram started

  • Tower and entry portico added to the Melbourne Town Hall

  • Melboune International Exhibition

  • China Town created in Brisbane in the Fortitude Valley

  • Period: to

    Queensland is in civil war between the armed unions against government forces. Large skirmishes, attacks on wool sheds, and naval battles take place across the colony.

  • Labor Electoral League fromed in New South Wales

  • Melbourne Parliament Building completed

  • Period: to

    Australia Drought

  • Period: to

    Australia fights in the Boer War

  • Federation of Australia .

    Federation of Australia .

    the beginning of the Australian nation

  • Situation for workers improved

  • Immigration Restriction Act passed

  • Period: to

    Australia fights in WW1 - Major battles include Gallipoli, Beersheba

  • Period: to

    World War 1

  • Anzac

  • Refridgerators were introduced

  • Period: to

    World War 2

  • Melbourne Trams stopped operating

  • Darwin Bombed

  • Olympic Games held in Melbourne.

  • National referendum on changes to constitution is passed

    Section which excluded Aboriginal people from official census is removed. Another change enables federal government to pass laws on Aboriginal issues

  • Australia introduces new immigration laws

    restricting the number of unskilled workers allowed into the country.

  • Gough Whitlam plauged with resignation

    blocking of its budget by the upper house of the parliament. In an unprecedented move, the governor-general, Sir John Kerr, dismisses the government. A caretaker administration under Malcolm Fraser is installed

  • The Australia Act makes Australian law fully independent of the British parliament and legal system.

    There is no longer any provision for Australian courts to mount final appeals to the Privy Council in London.

  • Australia hosts the Olympic Games in Sydney, the most popular ever.

  • Australia celebrates 100 years since its inauguration as the Commonwealth of Australia.

  • Julia Gillard become Prime Minister

    Julia Gillard become Prime Minister

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